I think even with training, Predaking's dragon mode would still be more powerful than his robot mode.

It's also not like training will only improve his robot mode. If Predaking gains more experience, I think it's more likely that his fighting abilities in beast mode would also increase. Also there isn't that much of a time gap between Predaking's birth and the appearance of his robot mode, meaning that even his beast mode lacks training or combat experience. At most it could be months, but I think that its only been a few weeks.

 

The bot mode is considerably weaker but with every episode that they feature him in in dragon mode he get's dumber and weaker. Which is pretty much the definition of the writers of this show in a nutshell.

So whatever the stats are of this character currently, it will be a shadow of itself by the time it ends or when Super Mario Prime eats his mushroom and slaughters him.

 

From what I've seen so fare, Predaking can't use firebreak in robot mode.

 

Most fans believe the dragon mode is stronger, Megatron seems to agree with you ^^

After seeing all of Predaking's action. I still can't decide which one of Predaking's modes is more powerful. I think they are equally powerful, but the difference is in dragon mode, Predaking is more capable to fight multiple opponents while in robot mode he can cause more concentrated damage. In dragon mode he's taken on multiple Autobots, yet he didn't hurt them. Whereas in robot mode he nearly killed Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack, although his rage at the time could be a factor. And the heat beam weapon he has in his robot mode can destroy a Vehicon with one blast, destroy, not kill. Like I said, more concentrated damage. So neither form seems more powerful than the other, however, the size of his dragon mode may give him some advantage in combat.

 

Well in the episode "synthesis" after Meg's is about to defeat predaking he tells him that he should have faced him as a beast.

 

Megatron ordered Predaking to fight as a beast to belittle him. He thinks of Preadaking as a beast thus he treats him as one.

Even as a fighter he kept talking smack. If beast mode actually made him stronger, Megatron wouldn't have told him that.

 

Predaking seems much like the Dinobots - he's harder to hurt in beast mode.

 

Beast mode is more powerful. He was able to beat Magnus, wheeljack and bulkhead in beast mode with ease. He had a little trouble with magnus and wheeljack when he fought them in robot mode. No one can go toe to toe with him in beast mode

 

Beast mode is more powerful, and as said before, he knows how to use it. It seems he is still getting a hang of fighting in robot mode.

 

Beast mode has more power, but it has limited cognitive powers. His animal instinct are full blast and he relies more on instinct than fighting skills. While Robot mod is weaker, it is not burdened with his animal behavior. This could prove interesting if he ever learns a martial art. Beast mode is maxed out because it is instinct driven, Robot mode could become equal if he learned to fight from a skilled warrior.

 

I agree with this 100%.

 

When facing against warriors who above average and down-right among the strongest in robot mode? His dragon mode is stronger. Predaking just doesn't have the battle experience to be the best in robot mode. Better to got he instinctual route and kick butt like a beast. This is also why I think Megatron suggested Predaking face others as a beast.

 

My thoughts exactly!

Megatron's pride and ego won't let him acknowledge Predaking as anything other than an unintelligent beast. But he can accept a beast, not a warrior is capable of defeating him as he deems himself the greatest warrior.

I just realized a difference from the two modes. In his dragon mode, Predaking has been unstoppable, not even an explosion from an mine full of Energon has damaged him at all. But a missile from Starscream to the back of his robot mode could stunt him temporarily, so his dragon mode has the thicker hide, or more endurance.

I still think his robot mode can cause more concentrated damages, a bit ironic since a beast would be more brutal than a warrior. It seems to be a reverse in Predaking's case.

 

Yeah in robot mode he is defitenly way faster and he can manipulate things to his choosing and when he becomes a better fighters that robot mode will be a freaking god mode , his dragon mode is sleek, strong, sturdy, and powerful, yet isn't as flexible and fast as robot mode. Id give the advantage to beast mode for now do to its durability

 

The thing is, Megatron wanted nothing more than a pet  Predaking hunt this, Predaking fetch that--good dragon 

Everyone loves an obedient pet. Imagine if your pet told you he wanted his own room and TV or what he wanted to eat for dinner?

Who wants a dog that has an opinion?

I can't say that I agree with much of this.

It isn't easy knocking anything over or off balance that has four legs or a lower center of gravity, so it's no wonder big hits didn't topple the dragon over--and it did take some huge hits while in beast mode; Ultra Magnus hit him squarely with the Forge in Chain of Command and he took a mountain to the face in the season opener 

Predaking's size in beast mode made it nearly impossible for anyone to hit the big guy in his vulnerable spots, but had a missile to the back in beast mode, it would have hurt just the same.

Megatron managed to get the upper hand because the guy was stunned and in pain, thanks to Starscream.

That said, Predaking, I believe Predaking is better in robot mode--that was the whole point of evolution, he surpassed being a beast and became a man, and it is this mode, his robot mode that Megatron feared. It was because of this mode, not his beast mode, that Megatron ordered the termination of the Predacon cloning process.

Predaking is clearly better fighter in robot mode than he is in dragon mode, he dished up a world of hurt to both the Autobots and Decepticons while in robot mode, crippling them figuratively and literally.

He even did better against Optimus in robot mode than while in beast mode.

Bigger is always better or stronger...

 

I think it adds to the character if his mental capacity is limited in dragon mode. Had this season been longer than 13-16 episodes, they could have had him deal with a dilemma on which mode to use. They've explored it a tad, and I love the idea so much I want it to be fleshed out more.

A character that refused to use a god-powered alt mode out of pride would be so interesting. I mean, most Cybertronians would give anything to have an alt mode as powerful as his and instead, he's spending his time in robot mode trying to fit in. You'd think he'd be proud of his dragon mode but he seems proud of his robot mode instead.

One more thing- since he evolved the ability to transform into his robot mode instead of scanning the robot mode, would that leave room for him to develop into a triple changer if he gets the ability to scan? I assume scanning is part of their natural biology. That'd be a neat twist if he ended up having multiple alt modes instead of multiple alt modes combining to make him.

 

Dragon mode, oddly enough. It shouldn't be that way because it's not nearly as versatile as robot mode.

 

Starscreams missiles have been demonstrated as one of if not the strongest non-auxilary weapon in the show in terms of raw firepower, prior to optimis' chaingun.

And pred took one in the back, and a blast with megatron's arm cannon at point blank, and still lived.

He's a tough nut to crack regardless, considering he can survive freezing tempretures.

 

I didn't like the idea of them being vulnerable to cold weather. Not when they can survive in space. I think someone brought up that point before and it got shot down but I still think it was a valid point.

 

PK is more powerful in dragon mode while in robot mode he's more agile and talkative.